John Apea is a Ghanaian actor. In 2008 he won the

Africa Movie Academy Award The Africa Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA and The AMA Awards, is presented annually to recognize excellence among professionals working in, or non-African professionals who have contributed to, the African film industry. It was fo ...

for ''Best Screenplay'' for the film '' Run Baby Run'' in which he also featured as the lead actor. ''Run Baby Run'' received eight nominations and won four awards at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2008, including the awards for ''Best Picture'', ''Best Director'' and ''Best Screenplay''.

Career

Apea studied at

Achimota School Achimota School ( /ɑːtʃimoʊtɑː/ ), formerly Prince of Wales College and School at Achimota, later Achimota College, now nicknamed Motown, is a co-educational boarding school located at Achimota in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana. The school wa ...

and Sociology and

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at the

University of York , mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £8.0 million , budget = £403.6 million , chancellor = Heather Melville , vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery , students ...

and the University of Oxford. He is one of the lead actors in the popular Ghanaian television series ''Home Sweet Home''. He is currently the newly appointed chief executive officer( CEO) of eTranzact Ghana, one of the leading providers of mobile banking and payment services.

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* Living people Ghanaian male film actors 21st-century Ghanaian male actors Year of birth missing (living people) {{Ghana-actor-stub